Dawson Army Airfield
3G5 · Camp Dawson (Kingwood), West Virginia · Preston County · map
Dawson Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency in Camp Dawson (Kingwood), West Virginia, 1,265 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3G5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 1,265 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 650 ft
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 350 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Aircraft registered in Camp Dawson (Kingwood) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Camp Dawson (Kingwood), WV as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Mountain close on all sides of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 05 and 23; low-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 out of service.
- Airport closed to all fixed wing aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- Power lines 2 NM northeast and northwest.
- Prior permission required from adjutant general WV NG for civil operations.
- Open daylight hours.
- Crane 1565 (300 above ground level) 1500 east aer 32 unlighted.
- Fuel prior permission required C304-791-4070 a++.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.